Epic -- Bright, colorful animated film about the
little people who live among us even though we don’t know it. Their verdant
forest-dwelling world is threatened when the Rot People aim to steal the magic
bulb that brings perpetual life to the living forests. Several themes mix with
a rousing adventure tale told with a 3-D flair for action. With a voice cast of
Beyonce Knowles, Amanda Seyfried, Colin Farrell, Christoph Waltz, Chris O’Dowd
and Aziz Ansari. Rated PG, 102 minutes. — Boo Allen

Fast & Furious 6 --Clearly, nobody ever told the makers of the Fast
& Furious franchise that less is more. More is always more —
and so regular fans will be delighted with this latest installment, which again
ups the ante with the cars, the crazy stunts, the crashes and the fights. Vin
Diesel’s Dom, now wealthy and living the good life, is lured back into action
by his erstwhile nemesis, the federal agent Hobbs (Dwayne Johnson). It seems a
villain named Shaw has amassed a huge military arsenal and is one component
short of wreaking total havoc. Especially funny are Tyrese Gibson and Chris
“Ludacris” Bridges as Dom’s partners in crime. Rated PG-13, 130 minutes. — The
Associated Press

The Great Gatsby -- Leonardo DiCaprio plays Jay Gatsby in
Australian director Baz Luhrmann’s colorful and often frantic rendition of F.
Scott Fitzgerald’s cherished 1925 novel. Carey Mulligan plays Daisy Buchanan,
cousin to narrator Nick Carraway (Tobey Maguire), who tells the story of the
tragic love between Gatsby and Daisy. Fast moving and respectful to the novel,
but with a personality of its own. Rated PG-13, 143 minutes. — B.A.

The Hangover Part III -- The Hangover Part III dares to
alienate the very audience that made 2009’s The Hangover the
highest-grossing R-rated comedy of all time because, well, it isn’t exactly a
comedy. This time, Zach Galifianakis’ insufferable, inappropriate man-child
Alan has gone off his meds and is out of control. His fellow “Wolfpack” members
Phil (Bradley Cooper), Stu (Ed Helms) and Doug (Justin Bartha) stage an
intervention and offer to drive him to a treatment center in Arizona. They get
run off the road by masked thugs who work for crime boss Marshall (John
Goodman, who improves everything merely by showing up). Now, they must make
things right by finding the evil, effeminate gangster Leslie Chow (Ken Jeong).
Directed by Todd Phillips. Rated R, 100 minutes. — AP

Mud -- Matthew McConaughey stars as the title
character, Mud, in this third film from Austin-based writer-director Jeff
Nichols. Mud hides on a deserted island from the police when two local boys
help him escape and also find his lost girlfriend (Reese Witherspoon). Before
long, the hunt becomes violent and frighteningly intense. Moody and
atmospheric, with plenty of surprises. Rated PG-13, 130 minutes. — B.A.

Star Trek Into Darkness -- Like fan-boy fiction on a $185 million
budget, director J.J. Abrams’ film is reverential, faithful and steeped in Trek
mythology. The scenario’s been hijacked and rejiggered from better Trek
plots of decades ago. But they pile on the spectacle in a way that’s never been
seen before in Star Trek. Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, John Cho and Zoe
Saldana are among the returning ensemble cast. Rated PG-13, 132 minute. — AP

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